Dictyostelium discoideum cells lacking the 34,000-dalton actin-binding protein can grow, locomote, and develop, but exhibit defects in regulation of cell structure and movement: A case of partial redundancy

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 965-980

  Rivero, F ^a   Furukawa, R ^b   Noegel, A A ^a   Fechheimer, M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SARCODINA;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; SARCODINA;

EID: 0029828736     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.4.965     Document Type: Article

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